Several Lenovo initiatives honored at the 2024 Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Sustainability Awards
At Lenovo, our commitment to sustainability permeates every aspect of the business, including efforts to minimize environmental impact across products and solutions, supply chain, and manufacturing, among others. This year, Lenovo's Sustainability Solutions portfolio has been recognized by the BIG Sustainability Awards program, which showcases organizations, products, people, and initiatives that prioritize sustainability as a core business element.
Lenovo received honors in three categories—Sustainability Leadership, Sustainability Product of the Year, Sustainability Service of the Year—illustrating our leadership and commitment to a more sustainable future.
Lenovo won the
BIG Sustainability Leadership Award for its parts-harvesting program, "
Transform Trash to Treasure", an initiative driven by Lenovo's International Supply Chain Organization (ISCC). Through this program, parts from defective/no longer in use devices are recovered and repurposed for new devices, resulting in drastic cost savings and an increase in efficiency. Other key Lenovo initiatives recognized in this category win were Lenovo 360 Circle, a sustainability-focused community for ESG initiatives, Lenovo's IT circularity efforts with AI-powered refurbishment and the commitment to achieving Net-Zero emissions by 2050. Through these programs, Lenovo encourages active participation of channel partners, customers, and stakeholders in sustainability initiatives.
Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technology won the BIG Sustainability Product of the Year Award. Driven by the needs to reduce power consumption and preserve water, in data center environments , Lenovo Neptune extracts heat from high-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems while accelerating performance and computing capabilities. By recycling loops of warm water to cool data center systems, Lenovo Neptune helps customers reduce their power consumption by up to 40% with over 95% heat removal efficiency when compared to traditional air-cooled systems.
Awarded to organizations that launch an innovative service that promotes sustainable alternatives, Lenovo's Reduced Carbon Transport Service (RCT) was recognized with the BIG Sustainability Service of the Year Award. This unique offering enables enterprise customers to ship IT devices via airfreight with a lower carbon impact. Lenovo RCT lets customers purchase Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits to allocate to their IT purchases, which helps reduce CO2 emissions by at least 70%1. The U.S. Department of Energy states that SAF, a biofuel alternative to traditional jet fuel, is made from renewable feedstocks such as agricultural and forest wastes. Lenovo's Reduced Carbon Transport Service enables customers to enjoy speed of shipments without compromising on sustainability goals.
From repurposing broken and defective parts, to developing innovative solutions such as Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling technology and Reduced Carbon Transport Service, Lenovo continues to lead the way to a more sustainable future.
"At Lenovo, sustainability isn't just a goal, it's a guiding principle that shapes every facet of our operations," said John Stamer, VP & GM, Global Product Services for Lenovo. "These awards reflect our unwavering commitment to not only advancing technology but also ensuring that our innovations contribute to a more sustainable future. We are proud to lead by example and inspire others to join us in this crucial journey"
Read more about Lenovo's sustainability initiative and progress in its FY2023/24 ESG Report.
1 Approximate percentage LCA GHG reduction versus fossil jet based on feedstock used in SAF such as waste and residue lipids, oilseed bearing trees on low-ILUC degraded land or as a rotational oil cover crops. Indirect CO2 emissions reduction benefit is obtained through the purchase of Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits. Lower carbon claim is based upon the purchase of Sustainable Aviation Fuel credits and the resulting emissions reductions when compared to logistic service using conventional jet fuel.
联想的多个业务在2024年商业智能组(BIG)可持续发展奖中获得荣誉
在联想,我们致力于可持续性,在产品和解决方案、供应链和制造等所有业务方面努力减少环境影响。今年,联想的可持续性解决方案被BIG可持续发展奖计划认可,该计划展示了以可持续性为核心业务要素的组织、产品、人员和项目。
联想在可持续领导力、年度可持续产品和年度可持续服务三个类别中获得荣誉,展示了我们领导和致力于更可持续的未来。
联想凭借其部件回收计划"将垃圾变宝藏"获得了BIG可持续领导力奖,这是由联想国际供应链组织(ISCC)推动的一项倡议。通过这个计划,来自有缺陷或已不再使用设备的零部件将被回收和重新利用于新设备,从而大大降低成本并提高效率。在此类别中获得认可的其他重要联想举措包括:以ESG倡议为重点的「联想360社区」、AI驱动的IT循环利用和致力于在2050年前实现净零排放。通过这些计划,联想鼓励渠道合作伙伴、客户和利益相关者积极参与可持续发展的倡议。
联想海王星液冷技术获得BIG可持续产品年度大奖。为了降低电力消耗和保护水资源,联想海王星在数据中心环境中从高性能计算和人工智能系统中提取热量,同时加速性能和计算能力。通过循环使用温水来冷却数据中心系统,联想海王星帮助客户将电力消耗降低了高达40%,与传统的空气冷却系统相比,热量移除效率可达95%以上。
颁发给启动促进可持续替代方案的创新服务的组织,联想的Reduced Carbon Transport Service (RCT)获得了BIG可持续服务年度大奖。这项独特的服务使企业客户可以通过空运以更低碳的影响送货。联想的RCT允许客户购买可持续航空燃料积分,以分配给他们的IT购买,这有助于将CO2排放降低至少70% [1]。美国能源部表示,可持续航空燃料是一种替代传统喷气燃料的生物燃料,可由农业和森林废弃物等可再生原料制成。联想的Reduced Carbon Transport Service使客户在不影响可持续性目标的情况下享受快速的运输服务。
从利用损坏和有缺陷的零部件到开发创新解决方案如联想海王星液冷技术和Reduced Carbon Transport Service,联想继续引领走向更可持续的未来。
"在联想,可持续性不仅是一个目标,它是一个指导原则,影响我们业务运营的方方面面," 联想全球产品服务副总裁John Stamer表示:"这些奖项反映了我们不懈地致力于不仅推进技术进步,也确保我们的创新有助于构建更可持续的未来。我们为身先士卒,鼓舞其他人加入我们这一至关重要的旅程感到自豪。"
了解更多有关联想的可持续发展倡议和在其FY2023/24 ESG报告中的进展。
1 与基于可持续航空燃料所使用的原料之间的参考碳足迹比较,如废弃物和残留油脂,生长于低ILUC的退化土地上的油籽人形机器人-轴承树或作为旋转油块的农作物。间接的减少CO2排放的效益是通过购买可持续航空燃料积分获得的。低碳声明基于购买可持续航空燃料积分和由此产生的减少排放相比使用传统喷气燃料的物流服务的结果。